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GLENOID FOSSA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint

Synonyms:

glenoid cavity; glenoid fossa

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("glenoid fossa" is a kind of...):

fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

Holonyms ("glenoid fossa" is a part of...):

scapula; shoulder blade; shoulder bone (either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible

Synonyms:

glenoid fossa; mandibular fossa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("glenoid fossa" is a kind of...):

fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

Holonyms ("glenoid fossa" is a part of...):

os temporale; temporal bone (a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear)

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